The Daily Snitch: Friday, January 9, 2015

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SEVERUS SNAPE!

Joanne K. Rowling:
• CONFIRMED – J.K. Rowling’s New Novel is Another Strike

Actors and Movies:
• Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them to begin filming 'late summer': David Heyman
• Harry Potter's Ralph Fiennes, David Heyman, Imelda Staunton get BAFTA film nods
• Emma Watson in new 'Regression' on-set photos, on Forbes' 30 Under 30 list

Challenges:
• hp_goldenage: SALT AND PEPPER FEST: THERE'S STILL TIME TO SIGN-UP!
• mini_fest: Call for Recs!
• hp_crossgenfest: GAUGING INTEREST FOR 2015 FEST [POLL]
• hd_pots_n_porn: January Prompt: SOUP
• hd_remix: H/D Remix vol. 7.0: stern modly reminder
• dracotops_harry: The Rules of the 2015 Draco-tops-Harry Fest
• dracotops_harry: Prompting for the Draco-tops-Harry Fest is open!
• dramionelove: DramioneLove Adopt-A-Prompt Fest - PROMPTS UP FOR ADOPTION
• do_me_veela: Prompting is Now Closed!! Claiming Opens Tomorrow
• daily_deviant: KINKY KRISTMAS 2014 STATISTICS!
• hrholidays: 2014 Holiday Fest - Participant Banners
• harrybang: Harry Big Bang: Community Announcement
• severus_fest: A Few Words - friendly reminders from the mods.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• daily_deviant: KINKY KRISTMAS 2014 PRE-REVEALS MASTERLIST
• smutty_claus: 2014 Masterlist
• hoggywartyxmas: Thank You and Reveals
• hptwinsmut: Harry Potter Twinsmut - 12 Days of Twinmas Masterlist
• mini_fest: 2014 Mini Fest Masterlist & Reveal!
• rs_small_gifts: HAPPY 2015! Fest Masterlist
• hrholidays: 2014 Harry/Ron Holiday FEST - Reveals!
• lupin_snape: Snupin Santa: Masterlist, Icons, final thoughts
• hd_erised: THE BIG REVEAL 2014
• slythindor100: Recap - 25 Days of Draco and Harry 2014

Hot Rec:
• All Quiet For Now by anon at hoggywartyxmas [Minerva McGonagall, Amelia Bones, PG-13, 6100] Summary: What if Minerva McGonagall had been Headmistress during the First War? and a few other questions.
• The Great Hogwarts Inspection of 2014 by anon at hoggywartyxmas [Severus Snape/Hermione Granger, Minerva McGonagall, Neville Longbottom, Sybill Trelawney
, PG, wordcount 12K]
Summary: The Muggle school inspectorate Ofsted descends on Hogwarts, a calamity not quite on the scale of the Battle of Hogwarts but not far off it.

Resources:
• Schedule of Upcoming Events from from 11 - 17 January 2015 at potterfests
• Spreadsheet of HP Fandom Fests 2015

Discussions:
• hp_canon_love: Pottermore: Wand Woods
• hp_canon_love: Pottermore: Wand Lengths & Flexibility & Wand Cores
• hp_canon_love: Pottermore: Professor Mcgonagall

Essay/Meta:
• OTW Fannews: Book Fandom End to End
• TheDailyDot: Why you should send back J.K. Rowling's Pottermore Christmas presents
• TheDailyDot: J.K. Rowling's tweets on representation at Hogwarts provoke major fan backlash
• thusspakekate: We Need to Talk about Draco
• TheMarySue: Dealing With Anxiety: Psychology Lessons from Harry Potter
• BeastOfTheSea: A Rough Guide To Writing Your Own Independent!Harry Fic

Participate:
• harrybang: Call for Assistance

Community Spotlight:
♥ severus_fest - a community dedicated to celebrating Snape in all of his myriad forms. Fest posting has started!


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